Systems and methods of automated biometric identification reporting
Inventors
Maurer, James M. • Fredette, Jennifer Lynn • Michaels, James E.
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-11367303-B2
Publication Date
2022-06-21
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Abstract
Methods and systems for of generating reporting data in an automated, efficient, and risk-free fashion relating to an identification match relating to a probe image are disclosed. Methods include automatically capturing a comparison area in the probe image and a comparison area of a candidate image based on examiner input; facilitating a determination of whether a similarity or a dissimilarity exists between the comparison area in the probe image and the comparison area of the candidate image; automatically recording metadata based on the determination of whether the similarity or the dissimilarity exists between the comparison area in the probe image and the comparison area of the candidate image and updating an audit log; and generating a report comprising the metadata.
Core Innovation
The invention relates to an automated biometric identification reporting system for fingerprint comparisons and courtroom-ready report generation. The system guides a fingerprint examiner through capturing comparison areas in a probe image and a candidate image based on examiner input, and it facilitates a determination of whether similarity or dissimilarity exists between the comparison areas.
The workflow automatically records metadata tied to that determination while updating an audit log, and it generates a report comprising the recorded metadata. The system is described as providing a software-driven single-application workflow that aligns or blends fingerprint images, tracks examiner actions and annotations, and exports reports in various formats.
Report content is structured to include agency, case, and search summaries, lift, candidate, and latent details, annotated images, and similarity or dissimilarity summaries. The disclosure also describes capturing multiple or second comparison areas, repeating until the report is finalized, and using minutiae-derived features for filtering gallery images in a client device, server, and database architecture.
Claims Coverage
The independent claims cover four inventive elements: automatically capturing comparison areas in probe and candidate images based on examiner input, facilitating similarity or dissimilarity determination, automatically recording metadata while updating an audit log based on the determination, and generating a report comprising the metadata. Additional inventive features in dependent claims refine multiple comparison areas, repetition until report finalization, report presentation context, probe image types, minutiae-based comparison areas, and metadata tied to a fingerprint examiner’s decision process.
Examiner-input-based comparison area capturing for similarity/dissimilarity determination
Automatically capturing a comparison area in a probe image and a comparison area of a candidate image based on examiner input.
Similarity/dissimilarity determination between probe and candidate comparison areas
Facilitating a determination of whether a similarity or a dissimilarity exists between the comparison area in the probe image and the comparison area of the candidate image.
Metadata recording with audit log update based on similarity/dissimilarity
Automatically recording metadata based on the determination of whether the similarity or the dissimilarity exists between the comparison area in the probe image and the comparison area of the candidate image and updating an audit log.
Report generation comprising the metadata
Generating a report comprising the metadata.
Non-transitory computer readable storage media for automated reporting workflow
A non-transitory computer readable information storage media having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause to be performed a method comprising automatically capturing a comparison area in a probe image and a comparison area of a candidate image; facilitating a determination of whether a similarity or a dissimilarity exists between the comparison area in the probe image and the comparison area of the candidate image; automatically recording metadata based on the determination of whether the similarity or the dissimilarity exists between the comparison area in the probe image and the comparison area of the candidate image and updating an audit log; and generating a report comprising the metadata.
Computing system implementing automated comparison, metadata/audit logging, and report generation
A computing system in communication with a database containing gallery images, the computing system comprising non-transitory computer-readable memory storing computer-readable program code; and a processor that, in response to executing the computer-readable program code stored in the memory, automatically captures a comparison area in a probe image and a comparison area of a candidate image; facilitates a determination of whether a similarity or a dissimilarity exists between the comparison area in the probe image and the comparison area of the candidate image; automatically records metadata based on the determination of whether the similarity or the dissimilarity exists between the comparison area in the probe image and the comparison area of the candidate image and updating an audit log; and generates a report comprising the metadata.
Across the independent claims, the coverage centers on an automated reporting data generation approach that captures comparison areas in probe and candidate images, determines similarity or dissimilarity for those areas, automatically records metadata and updates an audit log based on the determination, and generates a report comprising that metadata. Dependent claims further refine this by capturing additional comparison areas, performing additional similarity or dissimilarity determinations, repeating until a user finalizes the report, configuring the report for courtroom presentation, specifying probe image types, defining comparison areas as points of minutiae, and including metadata associated with a fingerprint examiner’s decision process.
Stated Advantages
Courtroom-ready report generation for fingerprint examiner reporting.
Automatically records metadata based on similarity/dissimilarity determinations while updating an audit log.
Generates a report comprising the metadata.
Documented Applications
Fingerprint comparisons with courtroom presentation of a generated report.
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